MSPB has never been without a quorum for this longIn the News

January 12, 2018

The Daily 202: These Trump nominees couldn’t get confirmed by the GOP Senate, but they’re still in governmentIn the News

January 11, 2018

The Trump administration withdrew Sam Clovis’s nomination to be undersecretary at the USDA in November after special counsel Bob Mueller revealed that he had encouraged foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to meet with Russian officials overseas during the 2016 campaign. But two months later, Clovis continues to work as a “senior adviser” inside the department. It’s a prominent role that does not require Senate confirmation and leaves him unaccountable to Congress.

Number of OSHA workplace safety inspectors declines under TrumpIn the News

January 08, 2018

The number of federal workplace safety inspectors has fallen under the Trump administration, according to new data obtained by NBC News, raising questions about the government's efforts to protect workers and the long-term impact of the White House's move to slow hiring.

Sen. Johnson seeks OSC review of ‘burrowing’ at CFPBIn the News

January 08, 2018

A career employee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who’s previously sparred with the Trump administration over the leadership of her agency now finds herself under the scrutiny of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs chairman.

Appointee watch: More musical chairs on the horizon?In the News

January 05, 2018

Trump will resubmit judicial nominees for Senate approvalIn the News

January 05, 2018

President Donald Trump on Friday said he would resubmit more than 20 judicial nominees to the Senate for confirmation, including his picks for federal judge positions in Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana—states the White House says “are suffering from judicial emergencies.”

Impact of Trump’s tweets on federal workforce moraleIn the News

January 04, 2018

Tom Fox, vice president of leadership and innovation at the Partnership for Public Service, gives advice for federal managers for what they should do when a lot of noise is being made about their agency.

The State Department’s loss is corporate America’s gainIn the News

January 02, 2018

What is different now, along with the higher number of resignations, is the reason why diplomats are leaving. In recent years, the State Department has actually made some progress in addressing the employment and diversity concerns, hiring more spouses at overseas posts and recruiting more minorities. Since 2012, it has scored either third or fourth in the annual ranking of the best places to work in the federal government by the Partnership for Public Service. According to the 2017 results, released last month, it has fallen to eighth place, its score having dropped more than that of any other agency.

2018: The Year in PreviewIn the News

December 30, 2017

The new administration has been slow to nominate and fill Senate-confirmed posts, and not by accident. Of 624 Senate-confirmed posts, according to The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service, 249 have no nominee. In an interview on “Fox and Friends” in February, Trump described this as a deliberate strategy: “Well, a lot of those jobs, I don’t want to appoint, because they’re unnecessary to have.”

Under the radar: Five big overlooked political stories of 2017In the News

December 27, 2017

The first year of Donald Trump's presidency launched what seemed to be a thousand different political stories. The Russia probe. The policy fights over health care and taxes. The special elections. The controversial tweets. And the overall chaos in Washington. But all of those stories buried others that would have been front and center in past administrations. Here are five of the biggest overlooked political stories of 2017.

December 20, 2017

President Donald Trump has failed to fill nearly a dozen key positions in the department tasked with thwarting terrorist attacks and protecting the nation’s borders—inaction a government watchdog group warns could compromise the agency’s efficiency and effectiveness.

All the key Department of Homeland Security positions Trump has left unfilledIn the News

December 20, 2017

The Department of Homeland Security is tasked with keeping the US safe, from securing the country’s borders to protecting against attacks on its electrical grids and thwarting terrorism attacks. One of its biggest challenges in recent months has come from the White House itself: Since Donald Trump took office in January, dozens of top jobs have been left unassigned, hollowing out the massive agency.

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